SYDNEY
My brow furrowed as I stared at Alpha Gray, my eyes locked onto his. I couldn't look away because I was trying to gauge whether he was telling the truth.
Memories flooded my mind—waking up in his room, the pain and humiliation I endured, the pack members' cruel words and actions.
I couldn't forget the day he dragged me naked and threw me out of his room after he accused me of drugging and seducing him.
How could he claim to have feelings for me now when everything I had experienced screamed otherwise?
The care he showed me was only after he discovered I was his mate, after I'd almost lost my life in the hospital. Before that, I'd been nothing but a pawn in his game, a target for Alexis's manipulation. The hurt and anger I'd suppressed began to resurface as I thought about all t
